Music and Local Anesthesia During Dermatologic Procedures

Pain Clinical Trial

Official title: The Impact of a Music Intervention on Pain and Anxiety Associated With Local Anesthesia Administration During Dermatologic Procedures

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The goal of the study is to determine the effect of classical music on participants pain and anxiety associated with lidocaine administration during routine standard of care dermatologic procedures.

Clinical Trial Description

The study is a randomized, unblinded, prospective, single center clinical trial. The purpose of the study is to determine the effect of a music intervention in reducing anxiety and pain from local anesthesia administration in subjects undergoing a routine, standard of care dermatologic procedure. The study population will consist of 100 adult subjects undergoing a dermatologic procedure on the head and neck. Subjects will be randomized 1:1 into either the placebo or music intervention group.

Individuals randomized into the placebo (P) group will undergo a set of standardized steps prior to local anesthesia injection. Other factors such as skin preparation technique, needle size, anesthesia temperature, use of unbuffered solution, needle angle and approximate depth of injection will remain standardized. Individuals randomized into the music intervention (MI) group will undergo the same set of standardized steps and then be played Frederic Chopin's piano sonatas through a headphone device prior to injection. After local anesthesia administration, subjects in both treatment arms will be asked to fill out a demographics, pain and anxiety questionnaire. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anxiety
• Anxiety Disorders
• Pain

• NCT number: NCT04317170
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Washington University School of Medicine
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 21, 2019
• Completion date: February 28, 2020